Epidemiological study of the prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis and the effect of contraceptive use on infected women in Baquba city

Abstract

The study was conducted on 118 samples of female who visited the Batoul hospital and private hospitals in north of Baghdad between February 2021 and April 2022. All samples were subjected to direct microscopic examination and method transplantation by appropriate media for the purpose of diagnosis and to determine the prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis parasite with identify some of the risk factors of this parasite infection among women. Also, recorded complete information about each woman, including age, hosing, contraceptive use, and whether a woman was pregnant or not. The results of the study showed that the total incidence of the T. vaginalis parasite was 40.6 %. The highest infection rate was in the age group (35-26) by 16.9%, while the lowest rate was recorded in the age group <55 by 1.6 %, while for women in the city, the incidence rate was 28.8% While the rate of infection of rural women 11.8 %. The highest incidence of pregnancy among non-pregnant women was 33.8 % compared to pregnant women at 6.7 %. The study also showed that the incidence increased significantly among female who did not utilized contraception compared to female who used birth control pills (10.1%, 23.7 %) respectively.